VAIL - Season 2 Championship - VR Master League

This Championship consists of 2 parallel regional tournaments

Prize Pool

GRAND CHAMPIONS
$5,500 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB
8 HyperX's Cloud Flight - Gaming Headsets (Valued at $1,120 USD)

GRAND CHAMPIONS

$5,500 USD / team in cash from:
AEXLAB

8 HyperX's Cloud Flight - Gaming Headsets (Valued at $1,120 USD)

*HyperX Cloud MIX Headsets may be products that have been officially refurbished

2ND PLACE
$2,300 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB
8 HyperX Cloud Earbuds II (Valued at $320 USD)

Format Details (North America)

Stage 1- Challenger Cup Day 1 - Dec 7th 6 PM EST

The Regional Challenger Cup Qualifier is a single-day event. All teams registered in the Challenger Cup will play a pre-determined number of maps against other teams, in their corresponding group, based on the number of registrants. Details below. The Challenger Cup follows the standards of a Swiss-system tournament. Standings will seed the first set of matches .The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home. Each match will consist of 1 map. Starting with the Away Team. Teams will alternate bans until 2 maps remain. Then the Home team will select Map or Side. All teams will be ranked by the number of wins (& ties), then by Buchholz, then by +/- points, and finally by points total. If a tie happens, the teams will play a single-elimination map.

Challenger Cup Day 2 - Dec 8th 6 PM EST
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.

NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE GROUP	NUMBER OF MAPS NECESSARY FOR SWISS
3-4 teams	3 maps
5-8 teams	4 maps
9-16 teams	5 maps

NA Season 2 Challenger Cup

Stage 2- Round Robin - Group A Dec 14th / Group B Dec 15th.

8 teams (Rank #1 to #7 from the Regional Season Standings and 1 coming from the Regional Challenger Cup Final) will be split in 2 groups. Each team will play the other teams in their respective group in a Round-robin format. Each match will consist of 2 maps. Whichever team finished higher in the season standings will start home and reversed for the second map. Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side. All teams will be ranked by number of map-wins then by +/- points then by total points. The top 2 teams from each group will be granted a spot for

Match Format:

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

Group Distribution:

Group A (Saturday): Teams ranked 2, 3, 6, and 7.

Group B (Sunday) : Teams ranked 1, 4, 5, and 8.

NA GROUP A (December 14th)

Channel

Youtube

5:30 PM EST

Preshow

6 PM EST

Round 1

#3 Seed
vs
#6 Seed

#7 Seed
vs
#2 Seed

immediately after the previous round

Round 2

#2 Seed
vs
#3 Seed

#6 Seed
vs
#7 Seed

immediately after the previous round

Round 3

#7 Seed
vs
#3 Seed

#6 Seed
vs
#2 Seed

NA GROUP B (December 15th)

Channel

Youtube

5:30 PM EST

Preshow

6 PM EST

Round 1

#4 Seed
vs
#5 Seed

#8 Seed (CC Winner)
vs
#1 Seed

immediately after the previous round

Round 2

#1 Seed
vs
#4 Seed

#5 Seed
vs
#8 Seed (CC Winner)

immediately after the previous round

Round 3

#8 Seed (CC Winner)
vs
#4 Seed

#5 Seed
vs
#1 Seed

NA Finals - Season 2

Stage 3- Semi/Finals- Jan 4th and 5th.

Each match will consist of 3 maps.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses map or side.

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

SEMIS (January 4th)
Channel	Youtube
5:30 PM EST	Preshow
6 PM EST	Group B #1 vs Group A #2
immediately after the previous match	Group A #1 vs Group B #2

GRAND FINALS (January 5th)
Channel	Youtube
immediately after the bronze match	Preshow
immediately after the preshow	Winner of GB1/GA2 Match vs Winner of GA1/GB2 Match

NA Finals - Season 2

Prize Pool

GRAND CHAMPIONS
$1,500 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB

GRAND CHAMPIONS

$1,500 USD / team in cash from:
AEXLAB

2ND PLACE
$700 USD / team in cash from: AEXLAB

EU Finals - Season 2

Format Details (Europe)

Stage 1- Double Elimination Tournament Day 1 - Dec 7th 5 PM UTC

Teams will compete in a Double Elimination Tournament, meaning teams must lose 2 matches to be eliminated from the tournament.

6 teams will participate in a Double-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

Match Format:

Map 1: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses map or side.

Double Elimination Tournament Day 2 - Dec 8th 5 PM UTC
The top 2 teams coming from the open qualifiers will play a match in a 'Best of 3' maps format in a single elimination Match. Whichever team finished higher in the open qualifiers will start home. Beginning with the Home team, both sides will ban up to 1 maps each. A team may decide to not ban a map. then Home gets to decide on choosing a map or choosing side.

EU GROUP A (December 7th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	#4 Seed vs #5 Seed
immediately after the previous match	#3 Seed vs #6 Seed

EU GROUP B (December 8th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	#1 Seed vs Winner of Match 1
immediately after the previous match	#2 Seed vs Winner of Match 2

Stage 2- Single Elimination - Group A Dec 14th / Group B Dec 15th.

6 teams will participate in a Double-elimination bracket. The team which finished higher in the regular season ladder will be home.

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

Match Format:

Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

EU GROUP A (December 14th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Loser of Match 4 vs Loser of Match 1
immediately after the previous round	Loser of Match 3 vs Loser of Match 2

EU GROUP B (December 15th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
5 PM UTC	Winner of Match 6 vs Winner of Match 5

EU Finals - Season 2

Stage 3- Semi/Finals- Jan 4th and 5th.

Semi Finals and Bronze Match will consist of Best of 3 Maps.

4 teams will participate in a single-elimination bracket.

Grand Finals will consist of Best of 5 Maps.

Pre-Match: [Away] Will ban a map.

Map 1: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 2: [Away] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

Map 3: [Home] Chooses Server Location | Chooses map or side.

The Semifinals matches will be 'Best of 3' maps format.

SEMI FINALS (January 4th)
Channel	Youtube
4:30 PM UTC	Preshow
2023-01-20 22:00	Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4

BRONZE (January 4th)
Channel	Youtube
	Preshow
immediately after the previous match	Loser of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 7

GRAND FINALS (January 5th)
Channel	Youtube
5:30 UTC	Preshow
6 PM UTC	Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 9

EU Finals - Season 2